Payroll Manager

• Payroll Leadership: 5+ years of progressively responsible payroll experience with experience supervising staff or managing payroll operations.
• Municipal
  
  Experience:
  
  Strong municipal/public-sector payroll experience, ideally including police, fire, or other public safety employees.
• FLSA & Compliance:
  Strong understanding of FLSA, Department of Labor requirements, payroll taxes, wage and hour requirements, and payroll compliance.
• Collective Bargaining:
  Experience interpreting and applying MOUs/collective bargaining agreements, including implementing new pay rules when agreements change.
• Hands-On Payroll:
  Comfortable reviewing and performing complex payroll calculations, including retro pay, deductions, terminations, accruals, taxes, and reconciliations.
• Leadership & Communication:
  Able to lead a payroll team while working collaboratively across HR, Accounting, IT, and other departments.

• Tyler Munis:
  Hands-on Tyler Munis experience is a huge plus.
• UKG:
  Previous experience working with UKG or similar electronic timekeeping systems.
• System Implementation:
  Experience supporting HRIS/HCM implementations, payroll testing, data validation, and system transitions.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree preferred, but strong directly relevant municipal payroll experience is important.

This team is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to oversee day-to-day payroll operations while the existing Payroll Manager focuses on a new HRIS/HCM implementation. This person will supervise the payroll team, ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing, handle escalated payroll issues, and partner across HR, Accounting, IT, and other departments.

• Payroll Operations:
  Manage day-to-day payroll operations, processing priorities, deadlines, staff assignments, and coverage to ensure accurate and timely payroll.
• Team Leadership:
  Supervise payroll staff, review work, provide coaching and training, and ensure the team has appropriate coverage and support.
• Full-Cycle Payroll:
  Oversee regular and supplemental payrolls, retroactive pay, deductions, leave accruals, terminations, adjustments, reconciliations, and other complex calculations. Serve as a hands-on backup when needed.
• Compliance:
  Ensure payroll practices align with FLSA, Department of Labor requirements, policies, and MOUs/collective bargaining agreements.
• Public Safety Payroll:
  Oversee complex payroll rules involving police and fire employees, including varied schedules, overtime, and other public safety pay requirements.
• Escalations:
  Serve as the point person for complex or sensitive payroll issues and help resolve employee pay discrepancies.
• Reporting & Reconciliations:
  Oversee payroll taxes, retirement contributions, deductions, GL reconciliations, W-2s, Forms 941, and other payroll reporting.
• Internal Controls:
  Maintain payroll controls, protect payroll data, support audits, and identify improvements to payroll processes and procedures.
• System Support:
  Partner with HR, IT, and Finance on payroll system changes, testing, data validation, interfaces, and reporting during the HRIS/HCM transition.